To allow individuals seeking compensation for a workers' compensation claim to bring an action against an employer, insurer or third-party administrator that has unreasonably contested liability or delayed payments or adjustments of such compensation.

HB7194An Act Concerning Exceptions To The Ten-year Repose Period For Certain Product Liability Claims. - OPPOSEStatus: Signed by the Governor (6/30)

To eliminate the requirement that a claimant not be entitled to compensation under chapter 568 of the general statutes when determining the repose period for a product liability claim in which the claimant alleges that harm occurred during the useful sale life of the product.

SB27An Act Including Certain Mental Or Emotional Impairments Within The Definition Of "personal Injury" Under The Workers' Compensation Statutes. - Status: Referred by Senate to Committee on Appropriations (5/3)

To expand workers' compensation coverage in certain situations that result in mental or emotional impairment.

To prohibit charging the payment of unemployment compensation benefits to an employer when an employee voluntarily terminated his or her employment, and the employee is subsequently terminated by a second employer and paid unemployment compensation benefits.

SB1502An Act Concerning The State Budget For The Biennium Ending June 30, 2019, Making Appropriations Therefor, Authorizing And Adjusting Bonds Of The State And Implementing Provisions Of The Budget. - MONITORStatus: Senate Reconsidered, Veto Sustained (11/14)

SB1503An Act Making Minor And Technical Changes To The State Budget And Related Implementing Provisions For The Biennium Ending June 30, 2019. - MONITORStatus: Transmitted to the Secretary of State (12/6)

SJ9Resolution Proposing An Amendment To The State Constitution To Allow For Direct Initiative And Referendum. - Status: Referred to Joint Committee on Government Administration and Elections (1/13)

To provide for direct public participation in the legislative process by granting the citizens of Connecticut the right to propose laws through direct initiative and the power to approve or reject a statute through referendum.

To impose a surcharge on the net direct premiums of homeowners and renters insurance policies written on property or risks located or resident in this state, to fund the operating budgets of regional fire schools, certain training costs and fees and purchases of fire equipment.

HB5539An Act Concerning The Legalization, Taxation And Regulation Of The Retail Sale And Use Of Marijuana. - DEADStatus: Referred to Joint Committee on Judiciary (1/12)

To legalize and regulate the retail sale, personal growth and recreational use of marijuana in order to raise revenue for the General Fund and for substance abuse treatment, prevention, education and awareness.

To require that a collective bargaining agreement between a municipality and its employees be approved by the municipality's board of finance or equivalent body and to require that a representative of the municipality's board of finance or equivalent body participate in collective bargaining agreement negotiations and vote on proposed collective bargaining agreements.

HB5600An Act Concerning The Establishment Of A Recovery High School In Connecticut. - OPPOSE DEADStatus: Referred to Joint Committee on Education (1/13)

To establish a recovery high school in Connecticut to improve recovery rates of high school age youth who have been treated for addiction and discharged to the community by following the Massachusetts model.

HB6004An Act Concerning Municipal Applications For Land Use Permits And Tax Abatements. - DEADStatus: Referred to Joint Committee on Planning and Development (3/21)

To create transparency so that municipal officials and the public have accurate information regarding the purpose of any development requiring land use, zoning or wetlands approval or for the purpose of a tax abatement.

HB6330An Act Increasing The Amount Of The Bottle Deposit, Including Teas, Juices And Sports Drinks Under The Bottle Bill And Dedicating Added Revenues To State Parks. - DEADStatus: Referred to Joint Committee on Environment (1/23)

To implement reforms that alleviate the backlog of cases at the Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities and to permit commission legal counsel to intervene as a matter of right in any suit or other proceeding in which civil or human rights are at issue.

HB6570An Act Permitting Businesses And State Agencies To Seek A Declaratory Ruling From The Attorney General. - DEADStatus: Referred to Joint Committee on Government Administration and Elections (1/24)

To ensure that regulations are interpreted accurately and quickly in order to provide businesses with regulatory predictability.

To (1) increase the rate of the sales and use taxes and repeal certain exemptions, (2) impose a rate of fifty-five per cent for state-owned real property and college and hospital property for the purposes of grants in lieu of taxes payments, (3) require regional councils of governments to submit collaboration plans and establish a regional collaboration account to fund such plans, (4) make various revisions to methods of funding municipalities and municipal projects, (5) make an allocation adjustment to the municipal revenue sharing account, (6) increase the uniform municipal assessment rate, and (7) increase certain municipal filing fees.

To provide workers' compensation coverage to police officers, firefighters and emergency medical technicians suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder as a direct result of witnessing the death of a human being or the immediate aftermath of such death.